Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Sarah Ann Burke was transported on the Arab, departing 14th Dec 1835 and arriving 25th Apr 1836 with 133 passengers.
Arab had another voyage as a convict ship - after discharging 228 prisoners in Hobart, Arab departed on 26 July 1834 with 11 prisoners for Sydney; arrived there on 15 August 1834. Source: The Sydney Herald, Monday 18 August 1834 p 2 Two of the prisoners were William COMSTIVE, and Thomas HORTON - both having arrived in VDL per "Lady Ridley" 1821; and both having been sentenced to secondary transportation.
Arab (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 215 (110) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
CON19-1-12/CON19-1-12p105. Trade; Nurse Girl aged 15 years old Native place; Liverpool
Sarah Ann Burke was assigned to Esquire Thomas Thornloe Van Diemans Land. Thornloe gave Sarah her ticket of leave in 1838. Sarah married free man James Pennington in 1838. They moved to the Northern Ranges now Macedon Ranges Vic to work aside Thomas Thornloe. The bluestone home they built in Malmsbury is well known as Bleak House. Sarah Ann Burke Pennington is well loved at Bleak House stil today and a painted portrait of her sits proud in the beautiful foyer looking out over the property her and James founded in the 1850's